ABOVE: Navy members celebrate at a Desert Storm victory parade in New York City in this Joseph Sohm photo. "I was chasing them down Broadway, keeping up with the jet aircraft tail they are on," Sohm said.

Joseph Sohm/Contributed photo Joseph Sohm took this photo on Memorial Day at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Boston, where 20,000 flags are placed to honor soldiers who have died throughout Massachusetts history.

ROB VARELA/THE STAR It took photographer Joseph Sohm (right) and composer Roger Kellaway nearly a decade to create their "photo symphony." Kellaway holds the score he wrote for the multimedia production and Sohm points to the book that was produced in conjunction with the concert; it won a gold IPPY (Independent Publisher Book Award) in 2009 in the coffee-table book category.

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ROB VARELA/THE STAR Photographer Joseph Sohm (left) and composer Roger Kellaway teamed up to create the "Visions of America" multimedia production. Some of the photos that inspired the symphonic show can be seen on the wall behind them.

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RIGHT: Ojai photographer Joseph Sohm (right) and Ojai composer Roger Kellaway did a lot of work on "Visions of America" at Sohm's Ojai home. The multimedia symphony, Sohm says, is a "visual journey into the bonds that connect America."